Restrictions on backyard weddings this summer

A backyard wedding can work with the maximum guest list to celebrate your day by setting up the whole area as your reception and placing an arch in front of the head table. Its best to double check at this time what further restrictions have been taking place. I hope all goes well for your day and memories are made as thought out.

You would actually end up lowering your gathering limit if you hold your wedding on an unstaffed facility like a private residence. Assuming Toronto is an Orange Zone in June (doubtful, as throughout the entire summer in 2020 we never went below 25 cases per week), indoor gatherings at staffed facilities like restaurants and banquet halls allow 50 people. But in a private gathering not held in a staffed facility, that count is actually 10 indoors and 25 max outdoors. And you're not allowed to combine gathering limits so if your family does anything inside, your count is automatically set at the indoor level.

On top of that, if you hold any gatherings at home then every single person that enters the property becomes part of the gathering count, including any vendors for your reception. Whereas if you held it in a staffed business, anyone working for the venue like wait staff and bartenders, would not count towards the gathering limit of 50 indoors.